Solar Space Technologies

Solar Space Technologies (SST), is an Australian company planning the development and commercialisation for base load space-based solar power generation for Australia and the world. SST have developed a system to produce Space Solar Power (SSP) through use of SPS Alpha solar satellites in geostationary orbit over Australia. As the sun always shines in space, SSP produces renewable energy 99.8% of the time. The SPS Alpha satellite collects the solar energy and transmits it as microwaves, far more efficient in penetrating the earth’s atmosphere, to a terrestrial rectenna to convert this energy into electricity for general use. SST is founded on the collaborative efforts between John C. Mankins, a leading expert in the field of space solar power with 25 years’ experience at NASA, and Serdar Baycan, an acclaimed Melbourne based architect with a 30-plus year career delivering major public and technical facilities.